Lesson 8

Class Party

Est. Class Sessions: 2

Daily Practice and Problems

Teacher Notes
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TIMS Task

To begin the game, students draw a playing board on their papers as shown. The teacher chooses a digit at random from a set of Digit Cards 0–9. Make Digit Cards on index cards, use the Digit Cards 0–9 Masters, or use a deck of playing cards. Use the ace for 1 and the joker or a face card for zero. Students write the digit in a box in such a way as to try to get the smallest difference. Once a digit is placed, it can't be moved. Then the teacher chooses a second digit without replacing the first. Play continues until the teacher has read enough digits to fill the boxes. The players with the smallest difference win. Play again: This time students try to find the largest difference.

Z. Play Digits Game: Smallest and Largest Difference

Draw a Digits Game playing board like this on your paper.

As your teacher or classmate chooses the digits, write them in the boxes. Try to find the smallest difference. Remember, each digit will be used only once.

Play again, but this time find the largest difference.